Medinet el Fayoum Medinet el Fayoum There are three main routes to Medinet el Fayoum and the various sites along the way. Kom Aushim to Medinet el Fayoum Kom Aushim sits at the eastem entrance to the Fayoum. Directly ahead is the lake and to the south is Medinet Fayoum, the capital of the oasis. […]
Monthly Archives: August 2015
dimeh al-siba (Soknopaiou Nesos) Dimeh al-Siba was a Ptolemaic city believed to be founded by Ptolemy II in the third century BC on a site that shows evidence of habitation from the Neolithic period. In Ptolemaic times it was at the shore of the much larger lake, nestled at the edge of a bay and […]
Medinet Madi Medinet Madi, City of the Past (Biahmu Dja during the Middle Kingdom and Narmouthis for the Greeks), is considered by some to be the most important ancient site in the Fayoum. Located on a small hill and commanding a strategic position to guard the southwestem entrance to the Fayoum, the site was probably occupied in […]
Lake Qarun Protected Area In 1989 the United Nations proclaimed the 1,385 sq km (535 sq miles) of wetlands around the lake a Protected Area. This protection extends to the fossils, the antiquities, and the flora and fauna. Southern Shore of Lake Qarun (still in the Protected Area) The contrasts that are perpetual in Egypt stand out […]